Phyle (fortress)
The fortress Phyle ( modern Greek Φυλή , pronounced Fili ), named after the demos of the same name , in which it is located, is located in the Parnes Mountains in the Greek landscape of Attica .
The place is first mentioned in connection with an event in 404 BC. Mentioned ( Xenophon , Hellenika 2.4). The fortress visible today goes back to the 4th century BC. BC and was also in the 3rd century BC. Still used. She dominates the most important connection between Athens and the Boeotian Thebes . The main gate of the fortress was flanked by towers, including a round tower, which is very rare in Greek fortress construction. The crew consisted of Ephebe who spent a year of their service as border guards.
literature
- Charles WJ Eliot: Phyle Attica, Greece . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
- Christopher Mee, Antony Spawforth: Greece. To Oxford Archaeological Guide . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, pp. 128–131 (with plan and reconstruction drawing).
Coordinates: 38 ° 8 ′ 24 ″ N , 23 ° 38 ′ 13 ″ E